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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  Our  nation  has  experienced  a   revival   of
 3    patriotism  since  the  catastrophic  events of September 11,
 4    2001; and

 5        WHEREAS, Television and photographic images have depicted
 6    countless Americans expressing their love  of  their  country
 7    through  the  proud display of the flag of the United States;
 8    and

 9        WHEREAS, The media's portrayal of this honest emotion  is
10    in sharp contrast to the political correctness the media have
11    long   aided   and  abetted,  a  political  correctness  that
12    relegated the patriotic display of the American flag  to  the
13    category of an insensitive, offensive activity; and

14        WHEREAS,  That  notion  perhaps  can  be  traced  to  the
15    traumatic  college protests and demonstrations of the Vietnam
16    era when posters proclaimed that nothing is worth dying  for,
17    and  to  foreign  enemies who have delighted in trampling and
18    burning the American flag; and

19        WHEREAS, Such anti-American sentiments  and  ugly  scenes
20    convey  the  values that our Founding Fathers would find most
21    offensive and that our children may accept as the norm if  we
22    do not teach them otherwise by our example; and

23        WHEREAS,   The   proud  and  unencumbered  expression  of
24    patriotism is one of the hallmarks of American democracy; and

25        WHEREAS, The citizens  of  Illinois  expect  their  State
26    government  to  reflect and encourage their deep love for the
27    star-spangled banner; and

28        WHEREAS, The use of  State  funds  by  anyone  who  would
29    prevent others from reverently displaying the red, white, and
30    blue offends the sensibilities of all Illinoisans; therefore,
 
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 1    be it

 2        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 3    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 4    we strongly insist that no State funds, from whatever  source
 5    derived,  be transferred for any purpose to any individual or
 6    other entity that prohibits the patriotic display of the flag
 7    of the United States in public places or areas or that may in
 8    turn transfer those funds to  another  individual  or  entity
 9    that  prohibits  such  a  display  of  the flag of the United
10    States.

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